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[-] M500@lemmy.ml 124 points 9 months ago

This is so strange. How can people have so little empathy for the lives of innocent people?

[-] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 96 points 9 months ago

Israeli citizens are subjected to daily propaganda (e.g. "there are no civilians in Gaza", "Hamas is ISIS", "Hamas wants to murder all jews", etc.) to legitimize their fascistic policies.

There are a lot of parallels to the US short/y after 9/11.

[-] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Same textbooks are being referenced.

"Closest, special" ally and all that jazz.

[-] KyuubiNoKitsune 52 points 9 months ago
[-] LostWon@lemmy.ca 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

It's part of Israel's propaganda to make this about religion to invoke irrational "War on Terror" sentiments in people who haven't looked into it that deeply.

In reality, they're dehumanizing and targeting all Palestinian Arabs, including Christians. Hence the shooting up and bombing of churches along with everything else.

Some of them are Kahanists but I don't think religion figures into their motives as a wider group except for scapegoating purposes.

[-] mathemachristian@lemm.ee 38 points 9 months ago
[-] ZeroHora@lemmy.ml 34 points 9 months ago

You just need to convince people that the "innocent people" are not people

[-] crazyminner@lemmy.ml 9 points 9 months ago
[-] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 4 points 9 months ago

I don't think the Israeli consented to being brainwashed by Hasbara.

[-] KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world 24 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Well to quote the Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, “We are fighting human animals and we are acting accordingly.”

They think Palestinians are subhuman. Israel has become the evil it once fled.

[-] LostWon@lemmy.ca 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

It amazes me officials can speak like this, yet there are also the widespread reports of organ theft (esp. skin and corneas removed from bodies). Even some reports of blond babies being kidnapped from their families because they're assumed not to be Arab. Where is the cognitive dissonance?

[-] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 19 points 9 months ago

A lot of people's hearts are too full of hatred to hold anything else.

[-] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Hatred : Heart :: White Bread : Stomach

[-] yeahiknow3@lemmings.world 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

5% of the population is psychopathic. Folks forget this stat. They also forget that moral competence exists on a spectrum, so that even regular people are capable of great evil, especially in service to their religion.

[-] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Maybe they should have a number tatooed on their arms to remind them?

/superdarkhumor

this post was submitted on 19 Feb 2024
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